Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.
Cross References
Philippians 2:27He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
Philippians 2:29Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,
Treasury of Scripture
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
ye see.
Philippians 2:26
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Genesis 45:27,28
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: …
Genesis 46:29,30
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while…
and that.
Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
1 John 1:3,4
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ…
